The family of a young mother who took her own life have called for better talks between the various agencies that were helping her at the time.

The body of Kirsty Prynn was discovered in her garden, at Rosemellin in Camborne, by her mother in April last year.

An inquest in Truro into the circumstances of the death of the 30-year-old mum-of-two found that she had hanged herself.

The hearing was told that Mrs Prynn had an alcohol problem and had tried to take her own life before. She had been diagnosed with postnatal depression and anxiety.

Mrs Prynn was being seen by the alcohol and drug charity Addaction, as well as previously having support from the charity Outlook South West. She had been referred to the NHS mental health team in Cornwall previously, but was not undergoing treatment at the time, despite feeling suicidal.

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Her husband David Prynn said: “It was very apparent to me that Kirsty struggled with her life [in recent years]. She changed from being a happy and bubbly woman to hearing voices in her head.”

He said that, for two years, despite the efforts of the family, she began to drink heavily as a way of coping with her anxiety and depression.

The inquest was held at City Hall in Truro (Image: Google StreetView)

In November 2016, she was convicted of drink-driving, having fallen asleep in her car while waiting to pick up her child from nursery. Mr Prynn said the court case added a huge amount of stress to her already troubled life.

He said they had difficulties seeing different GPs and the sudden cancellation of appointments with Addaction would cause her further concern.

The family agreed that immediately before she took her life, Mrs Prynn had seemed much better. They had enjoyed a family outing together the weekend before and she was preparing for a detox course.

Her mother Michelle Pope said: “She appeared happy and was looking forward to the way ahead. The circumstances of Kirsty’s death have come as a great shock to me, despite all her difficulties, in the last two or three days, they were the best I’d seen her for a long time.

“The world is now such a poorer place without such a beautiful caring mother, wife and daughter.”

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When asked why Mrs Prynn should want to take her own life, her mother added: “I believe she did it because she couldn’t find any way of getting better and she did it so I would find her [rather than other family members].”

Turning to her treatment, Mrs Pope said: “I felt that nothing ever flowed and there were always setbacks and cancellations. I just felt we were not going anywhere. One person would see her and then another would see her. I just felt there were too many delays.

“It was very frustrating as a family watching her not coping and getting worse and worse. Kirsty used to say: ‘No one is helping me’. We just didn’t know what to do.

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“As a family we are not looking to blame any individual or organisation. We know Kirsty was chaotic and gave different accounts to different people, including her family members, about her drinking and mental health issues.”

She added that Kirsty was very much loved and missed by her family.

An internal investigation by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which is responsible for mental health services, found that nothing could have been done to prevent her death. It said it was preferable that treatment is provided by one service, in this case Addaction, rather than multiple agencies.

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